Field Day
Movie Details:
| Also known as | Dan svečanosti |
| Country | Canada, United States |
| Language | English |
| Genres | Comedy, Family, Romance |
| Release date | October 14, 2023 |
| Running time | 1hr 24min |
| Age rating | TV-G |
| Starring | Rachel Boston Benjamin Ayres Shannon Chan-Kent Carmel Amit Preston Vanderslice Colleen Wheeler |
| Directed by | David Winning |
| Written by | Julie Sherman Wolfe |
| Produced by | Jamie Goehring Kevin Leslie Shawn Williamson |
| Executive producer | Anne Carlucci |
| Cinematography by | Kamal Derkaoui |
| Edited by | Allan Lee |
| Music by | James Gelfand |
| Casting By | Jackie Lind Penny Perry |
| Production Design by | James Robbins |
| Art Direction by | Vincent Wright |
| Set Decoration by | Chet Gibson Lauryn Wachter |
| Costume Design by | Emily Gray |
| Filming locations | Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada Mission, British Columbia, Canada |
| Filming dates | November 17, 2022 – December 6, 2022 |
| Production dates | October 31, 2022 – December 6, 2022 |
| Production Company | PTO Productions |
| Distributor | Hallmark Channel (United States, 2023) (TV) Crown Media International Distribution (World-wide, 2023) W Network (Canada, 2023) (TV) |
Cast & Characters:
- Rachel Boston as Jen Davis
- Benjamin Ayres as Dan Aldridge
- Shannon Chan-Kent as Kelly Stewart
- Carmel Amit as Marissa Morris
- Preston Vanderslice as Kevin Stewart
- Colleen Wheeler as Phyllis Davis
- David Attar as Tim Morris
- Kheon Clarke as Marcus
- Matt Clarke as Nate Davis
- Jocelyn Gauthier as Suzanne Burns
- Nelson Giles as Custodian
- Sarah Hayward as Secretary
- Derek Kwan as Waiter
- Viva Lee as Jordan Stewart
- Elizabeth Marino as Fair Goer
- Maesa Nicholson as Piper
- Rahat Saini as Organizer
- Rubi Tupper as Lucy Morris
- Nevis Unipan as Isabel Davis
- Robert Wisden as Jerry Davis
- Kaylie Hanna as Popup Bar Patron (uncredited)
Storyline:
Widowed two years ago, Jen Davis is continuing on with her and her deceased husband Nate’s long term plan to move back to their hometown so that their now preteen daughter Isabel can be closer to both sets of their parents. Jen is still struggling with life without Nate but wants to be an integral part of Isabel’s life as she continues her work as a web designer. That’s why on the first day of school, Jen attends the PTO meeting where committee sign-up for the year will occur. Late to the meeting, Jen is stuck on the committee that no one in the know wants, namely Field Day in the disaster Field Day has been year after year. Also stuck on the committee are Marissa Morris, a workaholic lawyer who has made a vow to her family that PTO would be her one contribution to daughter Lucy’s school life, and alpha mom-in-waiting Kelly Stewart who is guilted into being on the committee by PTO president/queen alpha mom Suzanne Burns. Kelly, who wants to be daughter Jordan’s BFM (best friend mom), is an aspiring BFM social media influencer, she posting what she believes are well-crafted, highly produced messages on the topic online. Being different in mentality and temperament, each of the three mothers don’t see the other two as ever being friends as they struggle with their committee work, much of it fueled by the bad reputation of Field Day. Those struggles lead to the three women finding that they need to be each other’s support to make Field Day a success despite the obstacles. What happens is also affected by Jen’s new friendship with PE teacher Dan Aldridge, that friendship teetering on a romantic relationship, neither who may be ready for such with the parent gossip adding an extra layer of potential problems.